Bottle-covering machine.



W; P. CATLIN. Boimcomma MACHINE. Y n `APlPnrlim'rrron num am;`l s. 190s. 903,671; Patented N0v.1o,19os.

(Wx/lum@ @am WG MM2.,

WILLIAM I. CATLIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 J. KIRKNER 'c CO., OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-CGVERING MACHINE.

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM P. CATLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State ot New York, have invented certain new and sei'ul Improvements in- Bottle- Covering llachines, of which thefollowing is a speciiication, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying crawling.

My invention relates to means and mechanism for applyingl a covering of paper or wood pulp, or the equivalent to glass reeeptacles, such as bottles and deinijohns, and has for its object the provision of a simple and eiective machine for forming a cylindrical covering of pulp directly upon the body of the bottle.

To attain the desired end, my invention consists in certain novel and useful combinations or arrangements of parts, and peculiarities of construction and operation, all of which will be hereinafter first fully de scribed and then pointed out in the claims.

ln the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation and partial longitudinal section of a bottle covering machine embodying my in-V vention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof.

Similar niunerals of reference, wherever they occur, indica-te corresponding parts in both figures.

1 is a base or bed provided with standards 2 and 3, and journal/boxes 4a 5 is a fixed shaft mounted in the standards 2 and 6 and 7 are arms journaled on the shaft 5 and carrying,` a roller 8, t) and iOare yolies journaledon the shaft 1n each` arm of the yoke 9 are sharts 11, slidably held in a perforation in each yoke-arm by a pin 12. rlhe inner end of each shaft 11 bears a rotatahle head l5, made oi' wood, or any other appropriate material, and provided with f hand-pieces 14. rlhe inner face of each head i3 bears a pad 15, of material such as rubber, conforming to the shape of the bottoni of the receptacle to he covered.

ln the arms of the yokes 10 are journaled shafts 16 provided with heads 17 which also carry pads 18 corresponding to the shoulder of the receptacle to be covered, the center of such pads and the heads 17 being cut away to receive the neck ofthe receptacle.

19 are pins in the arms of the yoke 10 for holding the roller 8 .from swinging, and 2() is a pin for holding the yoke in a fixed position when a bottle 1s being covered.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed- March 9, 1908. Serial No. 418,898.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

21 is a felt band for carrying pulp Q2 from a source of supply to the machine.

23 represents bottle in position for ap plying,` the covering.

When constructed and arranged in accordance with the lforegoingdescription, the operation oi' my bottle covering machinev is as follows: Bottles are placed in the' yokes by removing the pins l2, drawing` back the heads 13, passing the necks of the bottles intr` the perforations in the heads 17, and then returning the heads 13 to their ini tial positions, the elastic pads pressing against the bottoni and shoulder of each bottle, accommodating any inequalities which may occur, and at the saine time holding;r the bottle securely in position. The yokes are locked to hold the lower bottle as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and the pulp is carried by which it adheres, and as the bottle rotates, with the heads i3 and 17, a covering of the pulp is formed thereon. The roller 8 presses upon the pulp-cylinder sufficiently to cause it to expand to a slightly larger diameter than the body of the bottle, to allow for contraction .of the covering in drying. The cylindrical covering,- not only extends over the body of the bottle, but ont upon the heads 13 and 1T. When the covering is of the proper thickness, the pin 2O is removed and the ,bottle and cover swing upward, bring another bottle to position for covering, and as fast as a cowv ed bottle is passed to .the rear of the machine, it is removed and a fresh bottle inserted in its place.

A'ter removing the. bottle with its pulp cylinder from the machine, the projecting bottom of the cylinder is crimped and ixed over the bottom of the bottle, the projecting top portion is forn'ied over the shoulder and neck, and then the covering is propt ly dried.

Having now fully described my invention,

what I claim as new therein, and desire to.

secure by Letters `Patent is: y

Il. A bottle covering machine in which is comprised a holder for a bottle, in combination with means for winding a cylinder of pulp permanently upon the body of the hottle, ot greater length than said body, suhstantially as shown and described.

2. ln a hottie covering nlachine a holder `for a bottle, consisting 'of heads provided with pads, said pads and heads forminga the 1oelt 21 to the bott-le to contnuaton of the exterior wall of the boting a Cylln'del 0f Pulp around a bott-1 hdd tale, in combination with means for forming between'sald pads 'and heads, and :L roller Cylinder of pulp permanently upon the for bearmg upon sind cyhnder, substantlally hottie und. extending over the body of the as ShOWl ,21nd dSCI`1b3dl 15 bottle and the pads and heads, substantially In teStlmOny WheleO'f hereto ahx my as Shown and described, slgnature 1n presence 0i two Wgtnesses.

8. bottle coyerng machine in which is WILLIAM P. GATLN comprised a pau of revoluble yokes proi vided with a plurality of arms, heads and Wvtnesses: l0 pads mounted at the extremities of the arms LOUIS F. BRAUN,

of the yokes, means for permanently form- A. M. PIERCE. 

